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health Marian Wright Edelman

Marian Wright Edelman | health

There should not be one new dime in tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires as long as millions of children in America are poor, hungry, uneducated and without health coverage.

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health Marian Wright Edelman

Marian Wright Edelman | health

It was very clear to me in 1965, in Mississippi, that, as a lawyer, I could get people into schools, desegregate the schools, but if they were kicked off the plantations – and if they didn’t have food, didn’t have jobs, didn’t have health care, didn’t have the means to exercise those civil rights, we were not going to have success.

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graduation Marian Wright Edelman

Marian Wright Edelman | graduation

Being considerate of others will take your children further in life than any college degree.

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future Marian Wright Edelman

Marian Wright Edelman | future

A nation that does not stand for its children does not stand for anything and will not stand tall in the future.

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future Marian Wright Edelman

Marian Wright Edelman | future

Together we can and must fight for justice for our children and protect them from draconian tax cuts and budget choices that threaten their survival, education and preparation for the future. If they are not ready for tomorrow, neither is America.

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future Marian Wright Edelman

Marian Wright Edelman | future

The future which we hold in trust for our own children will be shaped by our fairness to other people’s children.

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freedom Marian Wright Edelman

Marian Wright Edelman | freedom

The Declaration of Independence was always our vision of who we wanted to be, our ideal of freedom and justice, how we were going to be different, and what the American experiment was going to be about.

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Food Marian Wright Edelman

Marian Wright Edelman | food

It was very clear to me in 1965, in Mississippi, that, as a lawyer, I could get people into schools, desegregate the schools, but if they were kicked off the plantations – and if they didn’t have food, didn’t have jobs, didn’t have health care, didn’t have the means to exercise those civil rights, we were not going to have success.

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Faith Marian Wright Edelman

Marian Wright Edelman | faith

I try to act out of faith.

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Faith Marian Wright Edelman

Marian Wright Edelman | faith

I grew up in a very religious family and it is the motivating force to every thing I do. I am fortunate to have had adults all around me who really lived their faith, in helping other people and doing the best you can do.

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